KL Rahul’s 50 off 19 balls assisted India survive in the Twenty20 Globe Cup with an eight-wicket thrashing of Scotland inside 7 overs on Friday.

Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami took three arches each to assist bowl out Scotland for 85 in 17.4 overs after India placed the resistance right into bat in the Super 12 contest in Dubai.

Rahul and also Rohit Sharma, that hit 30, after that took the Scotland bowling apart as India raced to their target in 6.3 overs to significantly improve their run-rate.

They still need to win their last game against Namibia on Monday and a New Zealand loss at the hands of Afghanistan on Sunday to make it to the last 4.

Rahul shattered six fours and three 6s in his batting strike as he raised the fifty in 18 rounds before venturing out to Mark Watt.

Sharma fell lbw to Brad Wheal who ended the 70-run opening stand.

Suryakumar Yadav hit the winning six with captain Virat Kohli, on his 33rd birthday, cherishing the substantial win at the various other end.

Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah bowled Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer after the batsman’s seven-ball battle at the fold. It was a maiden arch for Bumrah.

George Munsey counter-attacked as he wrecked Ravichandran Ashwin for 3 successive borders yet Shami cut short the opener’s remain on 24.

Jadeja came on to bowl after the very first six overs of powerplay as well as made an immediate influence with twin strikes to send back Richie Berrington, bowled without racking up a run, and Matthew Cross trapped lbw for two.

With Scotland’s leading 4 back in the dugout at 29, Calum MacLeod and Michael Leask put up some resistance during a 29-run stand.

Jadeja appeared with his left-arm spin as he sent back Leask lbw for 21 and also Ashwin obtained Chris Greaves for one.

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MacLeod, who made 16, as well as Mark Watt also attempted to bring some regard to the complete but Shami returned to get two wickets in one over and also Bumrah concluded the innings in 17.4 overs.

Previously on Friday, New Zealand remained on training course for the semi-finals with a 52-run win over Namibia.

Group 2 leaders Pakistan have already ensured of a semi-final location with four wins in 4 games.